wo ping, well true and not so. All that reference says is if one wants to use different procedures they must be approved. Agree, there's space for interpretation as well as calling MAYDAY means the sky is yours. I'm not sure if the rest of your post refers to me as well? I also recall Airbus brochure elaborating on this matter and AI spoke about approval by CAA as well. Reality is it's still very unharmonized area. I believe some US aerodromes do have published obstacles escape departures, not sure if they're called this way.
